AceSabo - Flower Shop

Chapter 4 - Snake's Foot

 After that 'incident' everything seemed to be going downhill for me. Just getting up the next morning was horrid. I woke up to Dadan screaming at me to get my ass up from bed. Then, I was shooed out of the house with no breakfast. When, I got to the school, the gates were closed. I had to jump the gate, hoping no teacher would see me, but of course, when the day is bad, it is bad. Seeing a teacher notice me, I quickly dashed for the school building. Hopefully my teacher would let me off. I hadn't been late in a long while. Today was just... a mess up.

When I got the the class, everyone stared at me as I walked in. I let out soft pants and went to my seat. My teacher watched me for a while before sighing and continuing his lesson. I was lucky to just have this good thing happen to me today. After I relaxed myself enough, I got out my stuff and started doing my work again. I didn't want to get yelled at for not doing work, so I did it.

Classes passed, then lunch started. Lunch was bad as well. When I got to the cafeteria, they had ran out of food. No breakfast and no lunch. It was the worst. I just went back to the classroom and just sat there. Shutting my eyes, I let out a big sigh. I just wanted to sleep again, but someone just had to come.

"Ace, I heard that you were late for class," someone said.

I stared up at the ceiling before turning my head to look at who it was. "Oh... yeah, I was. Teacher let me off though, so you don't have to nag me, Coby," I muttured.

"What is with you today... Your other friends said that you are acting weird," Coby sighed. He made his way over and looked at me. "Didn't sleep last night?"

"Nah," I replied.

"Did something happen with your girlfriend and you," Coby kept asking, trying to figure out the cause of my bad attitude.

"Nah."

"Then what happened..."

"Nah..."

"That doesn't make sense, Ace..." Coby soon gave up and told me some things to try and cheer me up. I ended up teasing a bit, which made me feel a bit better. I wasn't mean to him, don't worry. Eventually, class was starting, so Coby left. I stayed put where I was and the classes passed by again like the others.

Only during the class did I realize that I hadn't messaged my girlfriend at all today. So, right when the classes ended, I sent her a quick message. I apologized for not messaging at my usual times and she replied that it was alright. We decided to meet today since she wasn't busy again. Surely, this would make me happier.

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I smiled when I saw her, but it felt off and tiring. Even so, I tried to act normal and, more importantly, try not to let her know how dead I was feeling. Girls must have some extra sense though, since she knew quite quickly that something was wrong.

"Ace... Is something the matter? Did something happen? Are you sick," she started questioning, then she reached up to place her soft hand on my forehead. I sighed and shook my head. I had been found out and I knew if I denied it, it wouldn't do much.

"I don't know, to be honest with you... I just... don't feel great," I told her. "Can we sit?"

She watched me her concerned eyes and nodded. So, we went to sit at a nearby bench. I took a deep breath and stared at the shifting shadows that were over us. "Can you tell me what happened," she asked me after some time,

My mouth opened to speak, but closed with nothing coming out. This seemed to make her a bit more worried, so I knew I had to talk. I didn't want her to feel too worried over me. "My chest hurts. I feel confused and like a mess. He- This guy I kinda met when I went with Coby- I think you know him- We went to get flowers for his girl. Oh- You got the flowers you gave me from that guy," I started telling her.